Our EfW is almost micro-incineration

PUBLIC SERVICES has rejected a suggestion that it ignored the option of 'micro-incineration' when considering ways to solve the island's waste problem.

Former panel of inquiry chairman Roger Dadd (pictured) had urged deputies to have the 'courage' to reject PSD's plans to build an incinerator at Longue Hougue.

He said both his panel's report, published four-and-a-half years ago, and that produced last year by the Independent People's Panel on Waste Disposal recommended building a micro-incinerator while developing ways of dealing with remaining waste, such as recycling.

But PSD yesterday said its proposed treatment facility was designed specifically for Guernsey and no smaller-scale alternative would meet local requirements.

Minister Bernard Flouquet said States members had fully considered the island's requirements and the resulting tendering process had not excluded companies from putting forward alternatives.

PSD is proposing an integrated, modular facility combining materials recovery, energy from waste and bottom ash processing and with an initial capacity of between 45,000 and 57,000 tonnes per annum.